Open|Solaris Indonesia

Wow hari ini coba installasi OpenSolaris 2008.05 release(testing mode). Dalam hal installasi, opensolaris punya beberapa kelebihan jika dibanding dengan beberapa operating system lainnya. Salah satunya adalah graphical mode, memang kayaknya OS ini kelak akan bisa menjadi kompetitor dari Linux bahkan mungkin Windows.

Ada beberapa tips setelah selesai installasi(ketika browser firefox terbuka maka ada pointer ke page yang berisi seperti ini).

This Getting Started guide provides instructions for installing and using the OpenSolaris^TM 2008.05 release, including the following topics:

• How to prepare for and to install the OpenSolaris 2008.05 release on your x86 system. See Roadmap.
• How to run the OpenSolaris 2008.05 release as a VirtualBox^TM guest operating system. See Running OpenSolaris Using VirtualBox.
• How to install packages and update existing packages on your installed or mounted system, including how to install developer tools such as NetBeans^TM 6.0.1, OpenOffice.org, and Sun^TM Studio Express 5/08. See Image Packaging System Documentation.
• How to upgrade your boot environment, and how to manage multiple boot environments. See Upgrading and Managing Your Boot Environments.

FYI package management di opensolaris terbilang bagus dan sudah include didalam release 2008.05 ini. Coba dulu ah nanti coba kasih preview lagi